Romans 6:16

16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves 1to anyone as obedient slaves,[a] you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Romans 6:16 In-Context

14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
17 But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,
18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.

Cross References 1

  • 1. [ver. 20; Matthew 6:24]; See John 8:34

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Greek bondservants. Twice in this verse and verse 19; also once in verses 17, 20
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